news Autumn & Winter 2018 Registered Charity No. 512987 facebook.com/KirkwoodHosp @KirkwoodHospice Find out more Page 2 In this issue... Spread the Word Kirkwood Stories Find out how you can help We make a real difference for Kirkwood to reach more people affected by life limiting people who need support. illnesses. Read their stories. 1 Help us ‘Spread the Word’! Welcome to our Autumn & Winter Newsletter. It’s been a while since I have written a piece for this magazine! I want to take this opportunity to update you about our future plans and ask for your help in shaping the future of Kirkwood. It was a privilege for me to confusion about the services Michael Crowther be a part of Kirkwood’s 30th Kirkwood provides, who we are Chief Executive Anniversary celebrations last year. here for and when people can As well as looking back at our access our care and support. We We have now published our achievements and celebrating also learnt that this confusion vision and ambitions and we’ve the amazing contribution of is not just amongst the general used these messages to create a our local community, it was public, but many of our manifesto. It’s called ‘Spread the important to use our 30th colleagues in the healthcare Word’, and we need your help Anniversary to look to the future. sector too. This confirms to to share these messages with as As one of our valued us that we need to improve many people as possible! supporters, you already know understanding about the care Kirkwood is here to support what a difference our care can Kirkwood provides - like the anyone affected by a life limiting make. But we know that there are fact that we offer support for illness, every step of the way, and still people in our community that people with any life limiting we need your help to make sure we don’t reach; perhaps because illness, including dementia and that people better understand they don’t realise that we can help neurological conditions - if we are how we can support them. people with lots of conditions, and to help more people in the future. Our vision and ambitions from at any stage of their journey. In the coming years, we will ‘Spread the Word’ have been Through lots of discussions, be focussing on tackling some of recreated in the centre pages of and market research that was these challenges and I am excited the newsletter; please take a look carried out across the year, we to announce the launch of an and help us to reach more people have learnt that there is a lot of ambitious plan for the future. who may need our help! The Venue set to be transformed for Ball The Venue, in Barkisland, is set to be transformed into a Narnia-inspired wonderland for one night only! This Winter, Kirkwood is dazzlingly unique performance incredible. We’re so excited to returning to Narnia for one night from a special artist, followed by welcome our guests to a night only at our annual Charity Ball! music from a live band. of amazing fun and glamour. The black-tie event, sponsored A ‘Grand Auction’ and other What happens in Narnia, stays by Holmfirth Dyers, takes place fundraisers will also take place in Narnia, we say!” on Saturday 10th November, during the evening. Tickets are priced at £59 per and tickets are now on sale. “This will most definitely be person and can be purchased Guests will step foot into the an immersive event, which is individually or in tables of 8, 10 professionally-staged venue being designed to ‘wow’ our or 12. through a The Lion, the Witch and guests.” explains Kirkwood’s Kate the Wardrobe-style coat-filled Leadbeater. To book, visit cupboard, before being treated “Our annual Ball is always a www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk/ball to an evening of entertainment. night to remember, but this year or call: 01484 557911 On arrival, reception drinks we’re going bigger and better will be served, followed by a four- with the theme. Having Eric’s – an course dinner by Eric’s Restaurant established name in Huddersfield Kindly – the official caterer of The Venue. – as the caterer is amazing, and sponsored by: Guests@KirkwoodHospice will be treated to a facebook.com/KirkwoodHospthe entertainment will be instagram.com/KirkwoodHospice ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY PULSE RADIO SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER OAKWELL HALL COUNTRY PARK, BIRSTALL Cover yourself in colour for REGISTRATION OPENS AT 9AM Kirkwood at Oakwell Hall on Sunday 30th September! Brighten up your life by joining us at our Colour Rush PRE COLOUR RUSH PAINT and Family Fun Day. Run, walk, PARTY AT 11AM skip or dance as we shower you with vivid colour all along the 5k course. New for 2018, you can now Closes at Midnight on Sunday 23rd September make an afternoon of it and Adults £20 Adults £25 enjoy our Family Fun Day. With Children* (16 and Under) £14 Children* (16 and Under) £20 inflatables, activities, live music, Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) £60 *Under 3s GO FREE! competitions, food and drink, there is something for everyone! The Colour Rush is kindly sponsored by: SIGN UP ONLINE AT: WWW.KIRKWOODHOSPICE.CO.UK/COLOUR OR CALL US ON: 01484 557911 Thank you to Oakwell Hall Country Park & West Yorkshire Artificial Lawns Gardens in Bloom Everyone who visits the Hospice and its gardens is impressed by the careful planning and design that has gone into making it not only a haven of peace and tranquility, but an invaluable facility for patients, visitors and the Kirkwood team alike. We are proud to announce that host a wide range of activities Kirkwood’s this year, our gardens have been and events for patients, families Brick Appeal, entered into the prestigious and volunteers all year round. the gardens have ‘Yorkshire in Bloom’ competition Day-to-day activities for become a true – part of the largest horticultural patients include chair-based community facility, where people campaign in Europe. An awards exercises, garden boules, bean can come together to remember ceremony will be held later this bag throwing, spiritual therapy and reflect. Kirkwood’s two major month at York Racecourse where and many more activities In-Memory fundraising events, we will discover our destiny! targeted towards enablement the Sunflower Memories Appeal Keeping our garden in tip-top and improving quality of life. and Light Up A Life, place the condition all year round takes As part of our ‘Share & Care’ gardens at their heart. a lot of time and effort from a Group, our annual tea party for dedicated team of volunteer carers also gives those caring for Find out how we got on at the gardeners. someone living with a life limiting Yorkshire In Bloom awards at: Covering a good half acre, illness space to unwind and relax. www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk/news Kirkwood’s gardens provide us From fundraising events to with an invaluable backdrop to 3 Celebrating Kirkwood’s Admiral Nurse Service After two years spent developing a brand new service for people living with dementia at the end of life, Kirkwood’s very first Admiral Nurse, Jacqueline Crowther, is passing the baton to her successor, Rachel Guest. With dementia now accepted as a life limiting illness, Kirkwood’s first Admiral Nurse service was introduced back in 2016. The aim was to improve end of life care and experiences for people living with dementia and their carers in Kirklees. Since then, Jacqueline, along with the multi-disciplinary team at Kirkwood, have worked hard Rachel Guest (right) is taking over from Jacqueline to open up services to people Crowther as Kirkwood’s Hospice Admiral Nurse. and their families living with dementia, and develop these services for the future. saw the launch of the Kirkwood ensure that people living with From creating Kirkwood’s Memory Café at the Denby dementia, and their families, are own Dementia Champions to Dale Community Library, which included in specialist palliative delivering Dementia Friends provides a space for people care services. I have just been the sessions to over 300 people, the with memory problems to have facilitator, but I am so proud of first two years have brought with social time and get advice and everything we have achieved here. them many successes. information from the Hospice “I have worked with people With the support of the Admiral Nurse. with dementia for 38 years and I Admiral Nurse, many people in Jacqueline said: “As the quote wouldn’t have it any other way. Kirklees dying with dementia goes: ‘Life is pleasant, death is It’s now my time to go, but I have have been helped to stay in peaceful, it’s the transition that’s every faith that Rachel will do their preferred place; whether in troublesome.’ a brilliant job to continue this their family home or a familiar “It has been a pleasure to service. environment, with loved ones support Kirkwood and Kirklees in “Thank you, Kirkwood, for around them. June 2018 developing their services to touching my life.” Imagine the adrenaline coursing rush of excitement as you take Michael through your veins and the wind on the Kirkwood Wing Walk - in your hair as you soar higher one of the world’s most feared and higher, strapped to the roof challenges! of a plane! Imagine the sheer Register your interest at: www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk/wingwalk or email: [email protected] Debs @KirkwoodHospice facebook.com/KirkwoodHosp instagram.com/KirkwoodHospice 4 We are delighted to announce board – receiving more votes that Kirkwood Hospice has than Castle Hill and even Felix the been revealed as the very Huddersfield Station Cat! first space to ‘Pass GO’ on the This is as a fantastic brand new Monopoly board for opportunity to widen the to think so many people from Huddersfield.